Camille Claudel (French, 1864-1943) Rêve au coin du feu, conceived between 1899 and 1905; executed by 1937 Bronze and onyx, wired for electricity 8-3/4 x 11-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (22.2 x 29.2 x 24.1 cm) Ed. 24/65 Signed and stamped with the foundry mark, and numbered on the top the base: C. Claudel / Eug. Blot / Paris / 24 PROVENANCE: Schmeller family collection, Cleveland, Ohio (possibly acquired directly from the artist, early twentieth century); Private Collection, Cleveland, Ohio, acquired from the above; Thence by descent to the present owner. LITERATURE: É. Dacier in Bulletin de l'art ancien et moderne, December 9, 1905 p. 303 (another example illustrated); L.T., "Les expositions, deux sculpteurs," Psyché, Paris, April 1906, pp. 103-4 (another example illustrated); P. Claudel, "Camille Claudel," L'Art décoratif, July 1913 (another example illustrated); P. Claudel, "Ma sœur Camille," Camille Claudel, exh. cat., Musée Rodin, Paris, 1951 (another example illustrated); P. Claudel, "La Rose et le Rosaire," Œuvres complètes, vol. XXI, Paris, 1964 (another example illustrated); A. Rivière, L'interdite, Camille Claudel, Paris, 1983, no. 45, p. 78 (another example illustrated); B. Gaudichon, "Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté, peint et gravé," Camille Claudel, exh. cat., Musée Rodin, Paris, 1984, no. 95b, p. 121 (another example illustrated); R.-M. Paris, Camille Claudel, Paris, 1984, pp. 297, 366 (marble version illustrated); J. Boly, "Camille Claudel, état des recherches et du rayonnement," Société Paul Claudel en Belgique, 1989, p. 49 (another example illustrated); R.-M. Paris and A. de la Chapelle, L'Œuvre de Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, nouvelle édition revue et compétée, Paris, 1991, no. 56, pp. 189-190 (marble version illustrated); R.-M. Paris and G. Perrault in Camille Claudel, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 3, pp. 34-35 (another cast illustrated); R.-M. Paris in Camille Claudel, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, 1994, n°14 pp. 59, 104 (another example illustrated); N. Barbier, Camille Claudel, Luxembourg, 1995, no. 41 (another example illustrated); G. Bouté, Camille Claudel, Le miroir et la nuit, Paris, 1995, pp. 199-201 (marble version illustrated); "Les cris et les silences d'un sculpteur de génie," Oxygène (La Lettre d'Aulnay), January 1996 (another example illustrated); A. Rivière, B. Gaudichon, and D. Ghanassia, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1996, no. 59.4, pp. 148-149 (marble version illustrated); R.-M. Paris in Camille Claudel, exh. cat., Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, 1997, pp. 100, 102 (another example illustrated p. 101); R.-M. Paris in Camille Claudel, exh. cat., Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, 1997, pp. 152-153 (another example illustrated); R.-M. Paris, "Hommage à Camille Claudel," La Sculpture aux XIXe et XXe siècles, exh. cat., Château de Reviers, Reviers, 1999, p. 27 (another example illustrated); A. Rivière, B. Gaudichon, and D. Ghanassia, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, troisième édition augmentée, Paris, 2000, n°61.4, p. 178 (marble versions illustrated pp. 177 and 179); R.-M. Paris, Camille Claudel re-trouvée, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2000, n° 55, p. 411 (another example illustrated); A. Damas (ed.), Art at the Crossroads, exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2000, n°155, p. 377 (another example illustrated); D. Arnoux, Camille Claudel, l'ironique sacrifice, Paris, 2001, p. 250 (another example illustrated); F. Rionnet, La maison Barbedienne, Correspondances d'artistes, Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, Paris, 2008, pp. 62-77 (another example illustrated); O. Ayral-Clause, Camille Claudel, Sa vie, Paris, 2008, p. 172 (another example illustrated); D. Arnoux, Camille Claudel, Réenchantement de l'œuvre, Paris, 2011, pp. 148-149 (another example illustrated); R.-M. Paris, Chère Camille Claudel, Histoire d'une collection, Paris, 2012, no. 16 (another cast illustrated); A. Le Normand-Romain, Camille Claudel et Rodin, Le temps remettra tout en place, Paris, 2014, pp. 104-105 (marble version illustrated); R.-M. Paris and P. Cressent, Camille Claudel, Intégrale des œuvres, Paris, 2014, no. 280, pp. 570-571 (another cast illustrated); A. Rivière and B. Gaudichon (eds.), Camille Claudel, Correspondance, Paris, 2014, p. 237 (plaster version illustrated); F. Magny, Guide des collections musée Camille Claude, Nogent-sur-Seine, 2017, p. 351 (another example illustrated); R.-M. Paris and P. Cressent, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, 5e édition revue, corrigée et augmentée, Paris, 2019, no. 112-3, pp. 696-698 (another example illustrated p. 697; dated '1898'); M.-V. Nantet, Camille et P. Claudel, Lignes de partage, Paris, 2020, pp. 4, 168-170 (another example illustrated); E. Bowyer, A.-L. Desmas, Camille Claudel, exh. cat., Art Institute, Chicago, 2023, n°52 and 53, pp. 246-249 (other examples illustrated). HID12401132022 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

Schmeller family collection, Cleveland, Ohio (possibly acquired directly from the artist, early twentieth century); Private Collection, Cleveland, Ohio, acquired from the above; Thence by descent to the present owner.

Area of repair in front left of fireplace marble, with small losses long right side and back right corner. Oxidization in recesses. Heritage does not guarantee working order of electronic components.